Chapter 10 - The Night of WaitingThat night, Arthur remained beside Leo's hospital room.
His heart had been stabilized.
But he refused to leave.
Leo lay beneath white blankets, surrounded by machines.
Arthur held his small hand.
"I'm sorry."
The words came quietly.
"I'm sorry I couldn't protect you."
A nurse entered.
"Mr. Sterling, you should rest."
Arthur shook his head.
"I rested while people I trusted planned my death."
He looked at Leo.
"I'm not making that mistake again."
Outside the window, Boston glowed beneath the midnight sky.
Arthur remembered Leo as a baby.
His first steps.
His first day of school.
The way he used to run across the estate whenever Arthur returned from a business trip.
The boy had become Arthur's entire world.
Now Arthur understood something.
The fortune didn't matter.
The houses didn't matter.
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The paintings didn't matter.
If Leo survived, Arthur could lose everything else and still consider himself rich.
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